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# localMember

The handle that identifies the local participant to remote participants.

```
final var localMember: Handle? { get }
```

## Discussion

The `localMember` is only available to the [`ConversationManager`](/documentation/LiveCommunicationKit/ConversationManager) that provides the [`Conversation`](/documentation/LiveCommunicationKit/Conversation).

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